What Ofsted grade does Sunbeams Nursery have?

Sunbeams Nursery has one of Ofsted's new report cards, from its inspection on 1 April 2026. Its most common grade is expected standard in all 6 areas, and safeguarding was met.

How many children can Sunbeams Nursery take?

Ofsted registers Sunbeams Nursery for 69 places at any one time. The average day nursery in Shipley has 59.

How much does Sunbeams Nursery cost?

Sunbeams Nursery sets its own fees, so ask it for a price list. As a guide, the average nursery in Yorkshire and the Humber charges £156 a week for 25 hours for a child under 2, before any free hours.

Does Sunbeams Nursery offer 30 hours free childcare?

Any nursery on the Ofsted Early Years Register can offer the funded hours, but each one chooses how many funded places it has and what it charges for meals and extras. Ask Sunbeams Nursery how it offers them.

When was Sunbeams Nursery last inspected?

Ofsted last inspected Sunbeams Nursery on 1 April 2026. The full report is on the Ofsted website.

Which nurseries are near Sunbeams Nursery?

Nearby in BD18: Little Hearts Nursery Shipley, Westfield House Childcare Ltd, Partou Ashmoor Day Nursery & Pre-School.

Sunbeams Nursery

Day nursery in Shipley, BD18. Part of the Bradford council area.

Kirkgate, 39 Kirkgate, Shipley, BD18 3EH

69 places

2019 registered with Ofsted

2 of 11 in our Shipley ranking

£118 a week, 50 hours for a 3 year old, Yorkshire and the Humber average

What Ofsted found

Expected standard in all 6 Inspected 1 April 2026

Ofsted report card for Sunbeams Nursery
Area	Grade	What the grade means
Inclusion	Expected standard	Meets the standard Ofsted expects of every nursery.
Curriculum and teaching	Expected standard	Meets the standard Ofsted expects of every nursery.
Achievement	Expected standard	Meets the standard Ofsted expects of every nursery.
Behaviour, attitudes and routines	Expected standard	Meets the standard Ofsted expects of every nursery.
Children’s welfare and well-being	Expected standard	Meets the standard Ofsted expects of every nursery.
Leadership and governance	Expected standard	Meets the standard Ofsted expects of every nursery.
Safeguarding	Met	Ofsted found the nursery keeps children safe in the ways the law requires.

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What a place could cost

Sunbeams Nursery sets its own prices. These are the averages for day nurseries in Yorkshire and the Humber, for 50 hours a week in term time once the 30 funded hours are taken off.

Child's age	You pay a week	About a month
From 9 months to 2	£126	£400
2 years old	£124	£392
3 to 4 years old	£118	£374

A month here is 38 term-time weeks spread over 12 months. Work out your own hours or check your free hours.

Sunbeams Nursery against Shipley

	Sunbeams Nursery	Shipley average
Places	69	59
Ofsted outcome	Expected standard in all 6	73% rated Good or better

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Questions parents ask about Sunbeams Nursery

What Ofsted grade does Sunbeams Nursery have?: Sunbeams Nursery has one of Ofsted's new report cards, from its inspection on 1 April 2026. Its most common grade is expected standard in all 6 areas, and safeguarding was met.
How many children can Sunbeams Nursery take?: Ofsted registers Sunbeams Nursery for 69 places at any one time. The average day nursery in Shipley has 59.
How much does Sunbeams Nursery cost?: Sunbeams Nursery sets its own fees, so ask it for a price list. As a guide, the average nursery in Yorkshire and the Humber charges £156 a week for 25 hours for a child under 2, before any free hours.
Does Sunbeams Nursery offer 30 hours free childcare?: Any nursery on the Ofsted Early Years Register can offer the funded hours, but each one chooses how many funded places it has and what it charges for meals and extras. Ask Sunbeams Nursery how it offers them.
When was Sunbeams Nursery last inspected?: Ofsted last inspected Sunbeams Nursery on 1 April 2026. The full report is on the Ofsted website.
Which nurseries are near Sunbeams Nursery?: Nearby in BD18: Little Hearts Nursery Shipley, Westfield House Childcare Ltd, Partou Ashmoor Day Nursery & Pre-School.

Nursery list and inspection outcomes from Ofsted's register of childcare providers, as at 30 June 2026.

Fees shown are regional averages from the Coram Family and Childcare Survey 2026, not any one nursery’s price. Confirm with the nursery before enrolling.

Eligibility rules are the government’s (childcarechoices.gov.uk). Whether a nursery offers the funded hours, and what it charges for meals and consumables, is the nursery’s decision; ask for its funded-hours terms in writing.